Unstable Ground: The Need for Better Data to Make Better Health Care Policy

from the Health Affairs blog Imagine the following. You are the senior White House health policy adviser, and you’ve been told to brief the president and his cabinet officials about the number of Americans who lack health insurance. The president turns to you, and you say: “Mr. President. The government has four different national surveys that count the uninsured. Unfortunately, each survey has different estimates that range from 18.9 million to 45 million. Each one measures things distinctly, and we’re not sure which, if any, of them is correct.”
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